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Tales From Irving First and Second Series
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
G.P.Putnam's & Sons; The Knickerbocker Press; 1887. 'Knickerbocker Nuggets' series- catalogue to rear of books. Two volume set. Hardcover with no dust covers- as published? First and second series, selected from; 'The Sketch Book', 'Tales of a Traveller', 'Wolfert's Roost', 'Bracebridge Hall'. Two beautiful small volumes quarter bound leather. Navy leather with gilt detailing to front spine ad back. Gilt lettering to spine. Top and bottom of spine a little worn. Blue floral cloth to. boards. Corners bumped and rubbed. Edges a little rubbed. White end papers. Previous owners names to FFEP dated 1890- same in both volumes so bought as a pair. Protective tissue guard between frontispiece and title page both volumes. Minor foxing. Gilt edged text block to top. Beautiful books.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Attic
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0104887
- Title
- Tales From Irving First and Second Series
- Format/Binding
- Hbk.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Knickerbocker Nuggets
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G.P.Putnam's & Sons; Knickerbocker Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adult Fiction- Classics;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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